Sunday, April 7, 2013

REACTION Tables

“No
man enters a Martian city without giving a detailed and satisfactory account of
himself, nor did I delude myself with the belief that I could for a moment
impose upon the acumen of the officers of the guard to whom I should be taken
the moment I applied at any one of the gates.”(WM, V)

Modified Table
3.4

d20NPC
Reaction

0 - 4 Hatred/ plans for opportune attack

5-7 Enraged/
attacks
immediately

8 - 9Hostile/ attacks if reasonable odds

10-11 Noncommittal/ NPC may desert

12-14Reluctant/ defends in place

15-17Agreeable/ evil may betray

18-20Enthusiastic/ desires friendship

21+Passionate/
lays sword at feet

Modifiers

ADDPC’s Charisma modifier

ADDNPC’sIntelligence modifier

+2if Joyous (J) or same RM nation

+0 if
Benign (B) or same GM tribe

-2if
Obstinate (O) or hostile nation

-5 ifMalice (M )
or hereditary foes

Plus situational
modifiers (bribery,
coercion, etc.)

as
determined by game master or referee

Upon Barsoom, it is best to assume another man to be
your enemy unless proven otherwise as each dead foe provides more of the Red
Planet’s dwindling resources to divide amongst those who remain.

'Jasoom' is the title given to our Earth by the Martians of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels.

This blog serves as a forum to discuss CLASSIC pen-n-paper, role playing games. Featured herein are pages from the author's pnp game written and copyrighted in 1990. RED PLANET was based upon ERB's Barsoom novels that are now within the Public Domain . . .

PM = A Princess of MarsGM = The Gods of MarsWM = The Warlord of MarsTMM = Thuvia, Maid of MarsCM = The Chessmen of MarsMM = Mastermind of Mars

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“I know that you are interested and that you believe, and I know that the world, too, is interested, though they will not believe for many years; yes, for many ages, since they cannot understand. Earth men have not yet progressed to a point where they can comprehend the things that I have written.”
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